Changes

Fite's husband, Thomas Lile "Tom" Fite (born 1944), was the Republican legislative candidate in 2010 in the former District 83. His name was disqualified from the ballot by a judge in Pulaski County who declared that Fite's guilty plea in 1984 to [[Medicaid]] fraud constituted an "infamous crime." [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Leslee Milam Post]won the election by default.<ref name=talkbusiness/>Tom Fite's name remained on the ballot but were not counted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 83|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

Fite's husband, Thomas Lile "Tom" Fite (born 1944), was the Republican legislative candidate in 2010 in the former District 83. His name was disqualified from the ballot by a judge in Pulaski County who declared that Fite's guilty plea in 1984 to [[Medicaid]] fraud constituted an "infamous crime." [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Leslee Milam Post]won the election by default.<ref name=talkbusiness/>Tom Fite's name remained on the ballot but were not counted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 83|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

In the 2012 Republican [[primary]] in the newly-drawn District 80, Fite defeated Terry Bibbs, 1,106 votes (54.2 percent) to 936 (45.8 percent). She then topped the Democrat Jack Norton in the [[general election]], 6,173 votes (57.4 percent to 4,575 (42.6 percent). The District 80 seat was vacated by the Republican Linda Collins-Smith, who instead ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate]] in District 19. Meanwhile, Leslee Post was unseated in District 82, to which she was transferred, by the Republican [[Bill Gossage]] of Ozark in Franklin County..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 80|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

In the 2012 Republican [[primary]] in the newly-drawn District 80, Fite defeated Terry Bibbs, 1,106 votes (54.2 percent) to 936 (45.8 percent). She then topped the Democrat Jack Norton in the [[general election]], 6,173 votes (57.4 percent to 4,575 (42.6 percent). The District 80 seat was vacated by the Republican Linda Collins-Smith, who instead ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate in District 19. Meanwhile, Leslee Post was unseated in District 82, to which she was transferred, by the Republican [[Bill Gossage]] of Ozark in Franklin County..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 80|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

   

   

Fite is a member of these House committee: (1) Advanced Communications and Information Technology, (2) Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and (3) Judiciary.<ref name=votesmart/>

Fite is a member of these House committee: (1) Advanced Communications and Information Technology, (2) Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and (3) Judiciary.<ref name=votesmart/>